Cooler Master Nepton 140XL CPU Cooler Review

Cooler Master Nepton 140XL CPU Cooler Review

Although self-contained liquid cooling kits have been more popular than they have ever been, the variety of options available for most people is simply an illusion since the majority of these cooling kits are designed and made by Asetek for other companies, just bundled with a different fan. Asetek was first to get patent approved in the US for a low-cost pump-block CPU cooler combo and their lawyers have been out with a vengeance, suing the three other manufacturers in the self-contained liquid cooler space for dominance: CoolIt, Swiftech and Cooler Master. There probably would be more innovation in this space if the objective was to create instead of litigate, but unfortunately lawyers have to eat too and they are not exactly innovative engineers. Thankfully creating is exactly what Cooler Master is doing, releasing another addition to their mid-range self-contained liquid cooling kit lineup called the Nepton 140XL. It is designed in-house, equipped with a 140mm radiator and bundled with a pair of Cooler Master’s JetFlo 140 fans available for $99… at Modders-Inc